Challenging the mainstream, negative stereotypes of people with a mental illness, Brainwaves actively engages those living with a mental illness as researchers, interviewers, performers and program designers while promoting community mental health awareness.
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Today on our radio show Brainwaves we look at rethinking what "good outcomes" really mean when it comes to mental health, centring on lived experience and equity. Join us for part one of three of Wellways’ 25th Annual Woodcock Public Lecture, featuring Keynote speaker Associate Professor Nev Jones.
When the world feels heavy, from global headlines to everyday pressures, knowing how to get through a bad day is very important. Dr. Gayle Smerdon, author of ‘The Bad Day Playbook: What to do when everything sucks’, explores practical ways to reset in these uncertain times. Dr. Gayle, a sociologist, consultant and author, is today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves.
Los Angeles-based actor, writer and producer, Ashly Burch is the creator behind ‘I’m Happy You’re Here’, a web series about mental health. It’s a funny, unfiltered show for adults inspired by Ashly’s lived experience of mental health challenges.To find out more about Ashley Burch and I'm Happy You're Here please check-out the links below:…
Australian singer-songwriter, Calida Sari creates raw, emotionally resonant music shaped by lived experience with chronic illness, ADHD and autism. She is today’s guest on our radio show, Brainwaves.https://calidasari.com/
Winner of two Paralympic gold medals and one silver medal in Paris 2024, Alexa Leary OAM, is known for her extraordinary resilience. She's today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves, and will discuss Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), mental health challenges and disability. After a life-threatening cycling accident in 2021 left Alexa with a severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), she undertook a…
Neurodivergent indie-folk-pop singer and songwriter, Carmon is today’s guest on our radio show Brainwaves. Music has been her emotional outlet from a young age, helping her navigate autism, ADHD and anxiety. Carmon will talk about her lived experience as a neurodiverse artist.
Queer and disabled artist and performer, Emilia McSherry is our guest on Brainwaves, our radio show. She discusses her show 'I Want to Die but Not at the Hands of a Man' with host Mark. Emilia's work explores her personal experiences with mental health challenges, domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Dr. Negin Hesam-Shariati, is a research fellow at the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney and Centre for Pain IMPACT at Neuroscience Research Australia. Her research found that the way people relate to their pain shifts over time, with acceptance playing a stronger role and catastrophic thinking playing a weaker role the longer someone has lived with their injury.
Today, on our radio show Brainwaves, we celebrate National Volunteers Week. Volunteer coordinators and volunteers from Life in Community (LinC), talk about the Wellways’ program.
Sarah Newbold, Practice Director of Progressive Therapeutic Collective, talks about AI and digital relationships on today’s episode of our radio show, Brainwaves. She is deeply passionate about having informed, caring and considered conversations about human relationships.Sarah's work covers a nation-wide mental health practice that focuses on intersectionality, trauma, sexuality, gender,…
Mark catches up with Andrew Kitchen, Founder and Creative Director of The Good Brick AUS. Andrew founded the organisation to provide purpose-driven employment for neurodivergent people, combining creativity, precision, and inclusivity across operations, inventory, and community initiatives. He talks to Brainwaves about first discovery LEGO and how that passion eventually led him to found The Good…
